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NJCFE's Impact
Grant-Funded Projects in Progress
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Members United Corporate Federal Credit Union funding (from 2007) to develop a
Financial Health Day in South Jersey.
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Calvin K. Kazanjian Foundation grant
for updates, new content, and online evaluation of the older adult newspaper
tabloid.
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National Council on Economic
Education for T3: Teachers Training Teachers in Financial
Education conference on March 31, 2009.
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Consumer Action grant to conduct
Money
Wi$e adult basic financial education programs for limited resource audiences.
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Citi Foundation grant for six training sessions for teachers in schools and
youth programs in NJ urban areas with low-income students.
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Consumer Federation of America mini-grant for New Jersey Saves Week 2009.
Future Grants and Funding
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$12,000 proposal to
the NJ Credit Union Foundation to continue adult financial education programs
for credit unions in 2009.
NJCFE Grants and External Funding
History to Date
During the past seven years,
the NJ Coalition for Financial Education has received at total of $224,100
in grants and external funding and successfully completed 18 funded financial
education projects, with 6 more in progress and 1 more application.
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$25,000
from the Household Finance Foundation in 2002 to support teacher training with a
curriculum called Predatory Lending Practices and Credit Rip-Offs.
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$25,000
from the JP Morgan Chase Foundation in 2003 to support the development of a
16-page Newspapers in Education (NIE) newspaper tabloid called Money: What
Young Adults Need to Know.
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$10,000
from over a dozen sponsors in 2003 to support printing and distribution of the
tabloid by The Record.
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$12,500
from McGraw-Hill in 2004 to fund a full-day financial education training
conference for teachers and three NEFE High School Financial Planning ProgramÒ
training workshops.
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$5,000
from Empire Corporate Federal Credit Union to support a full day financial
education track at an August 2005 NJ Department of Education conference for
teachers called Generation Next.
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$20,000
from the Calvin K. Kazanjian Foundation in 2005 to support the development of a
second newspaper tabloid called What Older Adults Need to Know About Money.
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$5,000
from BNY Mortgage to support the printing of
What Older Adults Need to Know About Money.
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$6,500
corporate support ($5,000 from Merrill Lynch and $1,500 from Allstate Insurance
Foundation) for Financial Health Day (full-day conference for students,
teachers, and community) in 2005 in
Teaneck, NJ.
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$5,000
from Members United (formerly Empire) Corporate Federal Credit Union (again) in
2006 to support another Financial Health Day in Robbinsville, NJ
in May 2007.
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$10,000
from the New Jersey Credit Union Foundation in 2006 to develop a tabletop youth
financial literacy simulation and two teacher training conferences held in
August 2007.
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$10,000
from the National Council on Economic Education
in 2006 to update and distribute the Money: What Young Adults Need to Know
newspaper tabloids.
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$ 1,200
from the Consumer Federation of America in 2007
to organize New Jersey Saves
Week 2007.
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$ 4,000
from Consumer Action to conduct MoneyWi$e financial education classes throughout
New Jersey.
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$10,000
from Citigroup in 2007 to fund a two-day
training program, Financial Education Retreat 2008, for teachers in 2008.
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$ 1,200
from the Consumer Federation of America in 2007
to organize New Jersey Saves
Week 2008.
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$4,500
from Affinity FCU ($2,000), Steve Russell
($1,000), Commerce Bank ($1,000), and Better Basement Company ($500) to support
the 10/2/07 financial education conference at Raritan Valley Community College.
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$10,000
from the National Council on Economic Education
in 2007 to distribute the Real Money™ simulation.
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$4,000
from Ortho-McNeil through Leadership Somerset
group to be used for purpose(s) decided by NJCFE board.
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$10,000
from the Muriel F. Siebert Foundation to support
financial literacy training programs for NJ teachers and Siebert curriculum.
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$12,000
from the NJ Credit Union Foundation in 2007 to
conduct personal finance workshops for members of NJ credit unions.
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$5,000
from Members United (formerly Empire) Corporate
Federal Credit Union (third time) in 2007 to support another Financial
Health Day in South Jersey in 2009.
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$3,500
from the Calvin K. Kazanjian Foundation for updates, new content, and online
evaluation of older adult newspaper tab.
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$3,500
from Consumer Action to conduct MoneyWi$e
financial education classes throughout New Jersey.
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$10,000
from the National Council on Economic Education
in 2008 to develop the Teachers Training Teachers (T3) project.
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$10,000
from the Citi Foundation for six training
sessions for teachers in schools and youth programs in NJ urban areas in 2009.
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$ 1,200
from the Consumer Federation of America in 2007
to organize New Jersey Saves
Week 2009..
June 2009 Grant Report
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